Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft...
| Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft... | |
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| Studio album by For a Minor Reflection | |
| Released | 16 October 2007 |
| Recorded | GFG Studio |
| Genre | Post-Rock, alternative |
| Length | 59:47 |
| Producer | For a Minor Reflection |
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Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft... is a debut album by For a Minor Reflection. Although it has been a debate concerning whether it is an EP or LP, due to the few songs on the album, the band's members claim it is an LP album. It only contains five songs, all over the ten-minute-mark plus an intro. It was recorded over a weekend in a studio in a small garage, located in Kópavogur, right outside of Reykjavík, Iceland's capital, and mixed within a week in the same small studio. All the songs we recorded in one take, meaning that there were no overdubs and no second takes for any instrument. Kjartan Holm, and Guðfinnur Sveinsson, FaMR's guitarists and pianists said in an interview with a Belgian magazine once that this only gives the album some charm, they don't regret doing it this way.
They have also revealed that the reason why the recordings were like this, was because they've landed a spot on their first Iceland Airwaves gig in 2007 and basically wanted to have something to sell. They managed to sell all the copies they brought with them to the gig that night. Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft... has been sold out in Iceland for a while and has been sold in over 5000 copies all over the world, many of them on their Sigur Rós support tour in November 2008.
This is Jóhannes Ólafsson's first and only album with For a Minor Reflection. He quit the band in 2009, to focus more on his studies. Andri Freyr Þorgeirsson took over immediately and is now For a Minor Reflection's current drummer. The album artwork is done by Jóhannes Ólafsson. Guðfinnur Sveinsson did the back cover artwork and wrote the track list.
Track listing
- "Kyrrð" (Silence) – 1:23
- "Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft..." (Rise And Shine, The Sun Is Up...) – 11:57
- "Fallegt útsýni" (Beautiful View) – 12:54
- "Óhljóð" (Hullabaloo) – 9:41
- "Ókyrrð" (Disturbance) – 11:52
- "...Sólin er sest og dapurleikinn tekinn við (Bless)" (...The Sun Has Sat And The Sadness Taken Over (Good-Bye) – 12:04
Personnel
- Kjartan Holm – Guitar
- Guðfinnur Sveinsson – Guitar
- Elvar Jón Guðmundsson – Bass
- Jóhannes Ólafsson – Drums
- Jakob Þór Guðmundsson – Sound recording